Impact of left ventricular outflow tract ellipticity on the grading of aortic stenosis in patients with normal ejection fraction.

Frédéric MaesSophie PierardChristophe de MeesterJamila BoulifMihaela AmzulescuDavid VancraeynestAnne-Catherine PouleurAgnès PasquetBernhard GerberJean-Louis Vanoverschelde

Published in: Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (2017)

Our results confirm that the LVOT is elliptical in shape and that taking this parameter into account in the calculation of the AVA results in reclassification of 43% of patients with severe paradoxical LG-AS into moderate AS.

Keyphrases

aortic stenosis
ejection fraction
aortic valve replacement
transcatheter aortic valve implantation
left ventricular
high intensity
early onset
transcatheter aortic valve replacement
monte carlo
aortic valve
acute myocardial infarction
atrial fibrillation
percutaneous coronary intervention